What 霞 means
Both; the language determines its reading and sense. In Chinese, 雨 marks weather; 叚 hints at sound. The old Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi lists it among its “new additions.” In Japanese, it stands for かすみ, “haze.” By the Heian period, poetry linked it to spring, against autumn mist; Japanese picture-scroll haze bands separate foreground from distance.
Literary in Japanese; weather and poetry vocabulary in Chinese.
Alone, 霞 leaves the language and intended image unclear.
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Who writes 霞
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsDawn glow.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 霞 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 霞
- Also called
- kasumi · xiá
- Search it as
- 霞 meaning · 霞 Chinese · 霞 Japanese · 霞 haze · 霞 mist · 霞 kanji · 霞 hanzi
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
霞\971ECodes and encoding1 code points
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